https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2014/february/feb4_highlandsfellowship.html
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Alumnus Wins Highlands Travel Fellowship
*Contacts:* Pam Wigley / Media Relations / 412-268-1047 /
pwigley_at_andrew.cmu.edu
Michelle Bard / School of Architecture /
mbard_at_andrew.cmu.edu
[image: Matthew Scarlett]PITTSBURGH--Alumnus Matthew Scarlett (A'08) is the
winner of the Carnegie Mellon University School of
Architecture<
http://www.cmu.edu/architecture/> 2014
Delbert C. Highlands Travel Fellowship.
In his winning application, "Fulfilling the Risorgimento: Modernist
Colonial Architecture in Asmara," Scarlett proposes to explore the
relationship between previously underdocumented modernist colonial
architecture in Eritrea's capital city and "well-known masterpieces of
Italian modernism in Rome, Milan, Como and other important Italian cities."
Scarlett's research will take him to Asmara and other major cities in
Eritrea, which is located in the Horn of Africa.
The $12,000 fellowship is named in honor of Professor Delbert Highlands,
who taught courses in architectural design, design theory and architectural
history at Carnegie Mellon from the 1960s through the first decade of this
century. Always urging students to understand and ground their work firmly
in particular locales, Highlands is widely recognized as a seminal teacher
whose skill and understanding have enriched the education of generations of
Carnegie Mellon students.
Following his graduation from CMU, Scarlett received his master's degree in
architecture from Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) in May 2013.
Several publications have covered his work at the GSD, including "GSD
Platform 6," "Interdisciplinary Design: New Lessons from Architecture and
Engineering," and "Common Frameworks: Rethinking the Developmental City in
China."
Scarlett has worked at architecture offices in Los Angeles, Copenhagen,
Dublin and New York. Recently, he worked as a freelance designer for
Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS, where he contributed to the Department of
Buildings and bid for "Adapt NYC," a 10-story residential tower that
introduced a new model for micro-unit apartments in Manhattan. Former New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg commissioned the project.
Currently at CDR Studio in New York City, Scarlett serves as project
manager for all Audi terminals in the eastern region of the United States
and manages more than 30 active projects. In addition to his role as
project manager, he participates on a design team focused on developing
proposals for various international competitions.
The Highlands Fellowship is available to all alumni of the Carnegie Mellon
School of Architecture. Past Highlands Fellowship winners have considered
the relationship between Gambian vernacular and Louisiana Creole
architecture, and the configuration of Byzantine churches converted to
Ottoman mosques in Asia Minor.
For more information, go to www.cmu.edu/architecture.
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*Matthew Scarlett (pictured above) proposes to explore the relationship
between previously underdocumented modernist colonial architecture in
Eritrea's capital city and "well-known masterpieces of Italian modernism in
Rome, Milan, Como and other important Italian cities."*
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